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Arguably the greatest gift the world received last Christmas was the first trailer for Us, writer-director Jordan Peele’s mysterious follow-up to the 2017 Black horror masterpiece Get Out. The film is due on March 15 and although this trailer finally let us know what this movie looks like, much of its actual plot is still under wraps aside from the core idea of “home invasion by doppelgangers.”

So of course these past few days the internet has working overtime trying to figure out what exactly is going on here. What’s the true nature of “The Tethered” and their scissors/sewing low-key Nightmare on Elm Street imagery? Is this tied into Get Out somehow with these horrifically altered Black bodies? What’s the deal with all the rabbits? And now here’s our favorite new theory. Is Us a secret remake of a Disney Channel cartoon?

YouTube user “yeek” posted this mashup of the Us trailer and snake person Disney classic The Proud Family, specifically the 2005 Proud Family made-for-TV movie. And the similarities are pretty striking as both feature African-American families being terrorized by their own clones. “We are our own worst enemies.” We should also say The Proud Family Movie co-starred Aries Spears who, like Peele, is an alum of Mad TV sketch comedy. So does this all confirm the secret twist of Us is peanut butter-related?

Probably not, but Jordan Peele found the mash-up amusing enough to share on Twitter himself. Or maybe Peele is just trying to throw us off the scent? Maybe Us is 2019’s secret fourth live-action remake of a Disney cartoon after Dumbo, Aladdin, and The Lion King? Disney, can I please get an MP3 of that spooky “I Got 5 On It” remix?

For more on Jordan Peele, watch him warn us about the upcoming dystopia with a fake Obama video, read more about animal analogies in films like Get Out and Sorry To Bother You, and check out our list of most wanted remakes for Peele’s upcoming Twilight Zone reboot.